A feast of words
Subtitle: the triumph of Edith Wharton
By: Cynthia Griffin Wolff.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Radcliffe biography series
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Reading, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
Subjects: Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: The mystery of how a wealthy New York socialite became a major American novelist is brilliantly explored in this fascinating critical biography. To this new edition of her book, considered by many to be the most perceptive introduction to Wharton's life and work, Cynthia Griffin Wolff has added a chapter on Lily Bart and the lethal stereotypes of women in the 19th-century stage and another on the way Edith Wharton's own sensual awakening led from the frozen austerity of "Ethan Frome" to the lyricism and tempered happiness of "Summer." No one who admires Wharton's novels or enjoys the films made from them will want to be without this superb biography. -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-470) and index.
"Published works of Edith Wharton": p. 471-474.
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."